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vFRANCIS' BUGBEE,.OF KINGSVILLE, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 73,871, elated January 28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONOERN:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. lBUGBEn,-of Kingsville, in the county of Ashtabula, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sleeve-Buttons; vand I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in wbichi Figure `t is a perspective viewu I Figurel is a side elevation, showing the under buttonun position to be inserted in the button-hole.

Figure 2 a like elevation, showing the under button as when secured in the button-hole. i

Figure 3 is a vertical section.

Figures 4, 5, 6, and 9, are -different views of the shank.

Figure 7 is a side elevation.

Figure 8, a plan ci' the bottom ofthe upper button.

The same letters are employed in all the figures in the indication of the same parts.

My invention consists viu connecting au upper and lower button by a shank, the parts being so arranged that the lower button, being placed longitudinally with the flattened shank, may be passed through a buttons hole,'and there, by turning the upper button', the lower one maybe turned so as to stand at' right angles across the button-hole. i

The upper buttomc, is constructedwith a recess in its under side, the said recess being bounded by four eccentric faces, forming four notches, equidistant from one another. The shank al is attached to the upper button by a pivot. The upper part ofthe shank is a disk, g, ttinlg within the recess in the button a. It has a spring, e, attached to its periphery, which acting as a ratchet, in conneotionwith the'notches before described, permits the button to be turned on the shank in one direction only. The lower part of the shank fis a flattened projection extending across the disk.

The lower button b is a straight piece, of the width ofthe attenefd portion of the shank, but longer, being shorter, however, than the diameter of the button a. It is connected with the latter by a stem, c, passing through a hole in the centre ofthe shank, and rigidly connecting the two buttons, so that the lower button may be turned by turning the upperone, the shank remaining stationary.

The operation of the button isns follows: The lower button,vZ being placed in line with the shank, is inserted ir the buttonhole;`the upper button is then to be turned; the shank will be held by the button-hole, and prevented from turning, the disk y revolving in the recess until the' spring e falls into the next notch, at one quarter revolution of the butto-n a; the button b will now be set at right angles across the buttoi1-hole. When it is desired to remove the button, the upper button should be turnedi quarter revolution in the same direction, and the lower button will again be brought in line with the flattened shank.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y A sleeve-button, the outer button a ct which is constructed with `a notched recess, and with a shank, c, to which is attached a disk, g, carrying a spring, e, said head being placed within the recess in the button L ,Iand the latter is connected with the lower button b by a stem, c, passing through the shank, and rigidly connecting the two buttons, the parts being arranged substantially as described. Y

Intestixnony whereof, Ihave signed iny name to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

F. M. BUGBEE.

Witnesses A.A CLARK, FRANK P. RAY. 

